Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-03-18
ssTHE MEN,
what Kate Field said of Them at a
Banquet.

what Kate Field said of Them at {
Banquet.
Miss KGte Field made g little speect
after dinner given the other night by 6
local post of the Grand Army of the Re,
public. She was asked to respond 10 the
highly original toast: "The Men" She
said:
"When the commander of this gallant
post invited me to be present this even
ing 1 accepted with pleasure, as some Of
my dearest friends belong to the
Grand Army But when your com
mander bhndly insinuated that he
wanted me to cay something, hesitated,
as there was nothing for me to talk about,
all the tOasts having been assigned TO elo-
quent speakers. Theu il occurred to me
that might say good word for the men,
God bless theml They have so long tOas-
ted the women as to make It but fair that
they at last should be toasted by q WO-
man. They nave too long had the field
to themselves. For nearly 5000 years
they have been talking. But as there
is as much sex in mind as there
is in matter we have seen all things in
profile. Now, an artist will tell you that
the two sides OF the same face are not
exactly alike. 1 pray, therefore, let US
have the other profile around your camp
fire, whereby we may SEE the entire face,
gaze into the tell-tale eyes, and thus get
at the soul of all things. Pray,
who does the greater part Of
speaking in private, MIR. or Mrs.
Caudie We're l man l should hail public
Lv7T in n
guise. When Vosuvius is in q state Of
eruption Etna is quiet. If tradition be
correct, women are not lacking in huency
OF dicti0n. Indeed, it has been seriously
questioned whether women partake
of celestial joys, because once upon
time there was silence in
heaven for the spsCe of half
an hour. Then, il precedent DE Ie-
quired, women can trace back their orst-
OriCal privileges much further than men,
for Eve was the original orator. II is to
the persuasive, after-dnner pleading
for il was, you remember, after the ap-
pies-that we owe eli knowledge. So, in
behalf of my suppressed oratOrical sex,
took the men-God bless 'em. Said
to your commander: NO speech
at your camp fire should be longer than
five minutes Good graciOusl' he re-
piled, do you think you can do Justice to
men in five minutes?' No; but in less
than that brief period l can give some
sign of my appreciation. A child may
worship the stars and yet be unable to Sc
lect one bright particular planet for future
abode. The ardent fisherman in q cane
brake may seek for the best rod until
he energies on the further side. So q sin
gle woman may respond most warmly to
this toast for the special reason that she
is committed to DO particular type and is
held responsible for no selection. First
of all, let me assert that the one great
virtue in man loved and admired by all
womanhood is courage. In this assem-
bly, of boys with gray boards,
on whose breasts shine the bronze
stars made out of cannon captured
from the enemy, l stand surrounded by
physical courage, and if your moral cour-
age and your intelligence at the ballot
box be equal to your still sturdy right
arms, this republic will be perpetuated
and honored by the same grand army
by it's NOBLE remnants at least-that
saved the cause of liberty twenty-five
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